Furniture brace



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/W' ATTORNEY f :UNITED STATES PatentedV Sept. l, 1925.

PATIENT OFFICE.

1 RUDOLPH .'rUscHxAN, oF KINGSTON, NEWv Yonx.

.FURNITURE BRACE.

Application illed April' 20, 1923.. Serial No. 633,369.

T0y all whom it may concer/n:

vBe. it known that I, RUDOLPH TUsoHKAN, a citizen of the United States,andVv resident of Kingston, in the county of Ulster and State ofV NewYork,`have invented new` andv useful Improvements in Furniture Braces,of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates toV means for bracing membersof an'objectextending at an angle Vto each other, and-although adapted for generalapplication in connection with objects having members so related, it isespen ciallydesigned for use in connection ^with furniture, andparticularly, chairs, and other articles lsubjected tov severe usage.

A principal object of the invention isto provide ,means4 that will4'firmly brace and.v secure together the side and end rails and legs ofa chair, and 'alsoif desired, form a corner block and support for` thechair seat. A further object of the invention is to providefmeans forenabling articles of furni-` ture, and especially chairs, tobe shipped'in knocked-down condition, and'readily reassembled by an o-rdinaryuser.f

i The invention has fora further object, to provide a device of thecharacter 'stated which shall be simplein construction, strong anddurable in use,and` adaptedto be attachedtc an object Without injurythereto, and be concealed from view.;l Y

With the foregoing 4and other purposes in. view, `hereinafter stated,the invention co-n-l sists of the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts hereinafter more specificallyv stated, andillustrated in thek accompanying drawings, wherein is shown a deviceembodying the structure of the in views and wherein: Y

Fig. 1 is a perspective view ,of the under Y side of a device appliedtothe side and end bars and leg of a chair;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the upperside'of the device shown in Fig. 1,similarly attached; Fig. 3 is a vertical section illustrating the mannerin which the device is applied to the side bar of a chair;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the blankv from which the brace is formed.

As illustrated in the drawings, 1 represents a side bar, and 2 an endbar of a chair connected with a leg 1, and a back bar 5.

A seat 6 may be attached to the end and side bar in the usual manner, ifdesired.

The brace is comprised of two companion sections and an intermediatesection.y Each section'is provided with an attachingiiange 7 having awing 8 extending inwardly from the flange and atpreferably a rightVangle thereto. Anginltermediate section 9 connects ythe flanges oftherespective sections.

` The inner portion ofthe wings 8 overlap each other, and, if desired,the wings may be provided with retaining lips 10 spaced from theirrespective sections slightly, so as to engage the inner margin or end ofthe adjacent section. *i

The brace is formed of flexible metal so thatthe flanges 7 may be bentat the desired angle to the connecting section 9, and thereby conform tothe angle made by the side bars and cross b-ars of the chair.

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. VVhen'the flanges 7 are varied in angularv relation to the connectingsection 9,' the overlapping portions olf the wings lmove inwardly oroutwardly relative to each other, and they are securedin position whenset by means of a screw 11 which engages slots 12Y formed in the wings`of the respectivev sections. l

In orderkto permit 'of' varying adjustments of the wings relative toeach other, and at ,the same time provide a round aperture con` formingsubstantially to the shank ofthe` screw 11, the slots are preferablyiiuted inV outline, so as to form segmental'recesses 13 on the sides ofthe slot and substantially circular recesses 14 at the ends thereof.

VVVhe-n-the inner circular apertures of the vslots are in alignment witheach' other, as shown in Fig. 1, the screw 11 locks the two wingstogether by passing through said' apertures. When the flanges 7 are bentin- 'ward to form a more acute angle w1th the connecting section 9,k andthe wings are moved inwardly toward each other, a segmental portion ofone slot will come into alignment with a corresponding section ofanother slot, and the screw 11 by passing through said recesses willfirmly secure the sections together.

The op-posite flanges of the brace may be inclined further toward eachother yin the is thereby provided for chairs and otherv articles,varying considerably in respect to the angle of connection between twoadj acentV bars.

The ianges 7 are preferably provided with a keyhole slot 15 and anotheraperture 16 adapted to engage a screw 17, and for general use I preferto offset the lower margin of the flange, as at 18, and provide suchoffset portion with return spurs 19` When the brace is to be attached toan article of furniture, screws 20 engaging the keyhole slot 15 may besecured to the side and end bars, and the larger portion of the keyholeslots inserted over the heads of the screws 20, so as to hold the bracetemporarilyin position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. Thelower margin of the lianges 7 may be then driven inwardly toward thelower margin of the respective bars until the spurs 19 become embeddedin the bars, as shown by full lines in Fig. 3.

l.Vhen in such position the screws 20 are driven as far as possible intopermanent position. Screws 17 may then be secured in place in the barsthrough the apertures 16 ofthe flanges, and a screw 21 be passed throughthe connecting section 9 and into the leg 4 of the chair.

Then the fianges are so secured to the bars of the chair the screw 11may be passed through the super-imposed portion of the slots 12 of thewings and may engage in the bottom of the seat 6. lhen so attached, aside bar is securedly connected with an end bar and also with a leg ofthe chair, withv which the side and end bars are also connected.

- protect the chair or other article of furniture against the strainsincidental to usage, andr also against the liability of those parts ofthe chair from becoming loosened through a drying out of furniture,which commonly causes the parts of a chair to separate at their joints.

In order to make the fianges 7 flexible enough to be readily bent at an,angle to the connecting section 9, the metal must be made rather thin,and in order to compensate for the thinness of the metal, the fianges 7and connecting member 9 may be provided with corrngations or ribs 23 tosecure stiffness to the metal when applied to a chair. The corrugationsof the flanges may be out away slightly at their meeting ends with thecorrugations of the central section, so that the flanges may be bentrelatively to the central section or brace tothe extent desired.

In the construction shown, the wings of the brace are arranged below thelevel of the seat 6. If desired, however, the flanges 7 may be ofsuiicient height to extend up to the seat and enable the wings to form abearing block for the corners thereof.

miat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isi 1. Afurniture brace comprising two sections each having an attaching flangeand a wing extending inwardly from said flange, an intermediateattaching fiange connecting the iianges of said sections, and means forvariably locking said brace plates in overlapping engagement.

2. A-furniture brace comprising two sections, each having an attachingfiange and a wing extending inwardly from said flange, and vprovidedwith slots having recesses formed therein in staggered relation to eachother, means engaging the recesses of said slots fervariably lockingsaid brace plates in overlapping engagement, and an intermediate flangeconnecting the flanges of said sections. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name hereunder.

`RUDoLPH TUSGHKAN.

